“Majority Groups” Are Seizing Anti-Discrimination Law
We are witnessing a sea change around DEI, “wokeness,” political correctness, and the like. For now, the anti-woke and anti-DEI forces have the upper hand. A big question looms in…
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Saint Augustine’s Hail Mary
Saint Augustine’s University (SAU), a private Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Raleigh, N.C., announced on December 11 that it had been removed from membership with the Southern Association…
Is Higher Education Inevitably Stuck in the Past?
A common refrain among observers of American higher education is that it changes at a glacial pace—if even that fast. The structure of our colleges and universities serves largely to…
Higher Ed’s Frightening “New Normal”
The already competitive higher-ed marketplace is on the cusp of becoming even more challenging for colleges as they fight to pull from a dwindling pool of eligible students. With the…
Why Are Our Campuses Seething with Antisemitism?
The scale of support on college campuses for militant antisemitism and even for Hamas barbarism has alarmed most Americans, but there’s something else here that ought to trouble us, too:…
Higher-Ed Reform’s Coming of Age
On this we all agree: Higher education is in crisis. Rolling protests, rising tuition, and growing distrust have compelled elected officials to speak seriously about reforming our nation’s postsecondary education…
Three-Year Med Schools Are Coming
Much of medical education is careening into an ideological ditch. Following the directives of the “health equity” movement, med schools have veered off the course of teaching future doctors the…
Pick a College and Graduate
The rising cost of college has been a serious issue in recent decades. Students everywhere are trying out different strategies as a result. Some are deciding not to go to…
MLA’s Alternate Reality
Proposition: Human flourishing will not be advanced at the upcoming meeting of the Modern Language Association, which begins next Thursday in New Orleans. Evidence: The conference program includes among its…
Reforms We’re Cheering For in 2025
Each year at this time, the staff of the Martin Center share our higher-ed-reform dreams for the coming 12 months. Will all of our wishes come true? Probably not. Nevertheless,…